Suction-cup for cotton-picking machines.



Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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J. MEIER.

SUCTION 0UP FOR COTTON PIOKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1914.

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ASSIGNOR- 0F ONE-TVFEITTH 'ro FRANK RIC AND ONE-TWEHTIETH TO FRANK PEYROT, BOTH 0F CAGU, ILLINQIS.

SUCTION-CUP FOR COTTQN-PIGKING MACHINES az ness. 7

specification of Letters ire-tent,

Patented Feb. a, rats,

Application filed may 9, 1914. Serial Ito, 827,495.

erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a.

part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in suction cups or heads for cotton picking machines and it relates particularly to suction cups designed for use.in connection with that class of cotton picking machines in which the cotton boll is detached from the lant and carried through the suction cham er and it relates more particular] to means whereby the boll can be readily detached by the operator.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may ertain, the same consists in the provision o? a cup of the character described in which the entrance to the on is provided with a curved plate exten mg around the periphery of the entrance.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, part1 n section, of. a suction cup constructs 1n accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the end of the cup, and Fig. 3

1s a erspective View of a cutting blade.

Be erence now being had to the details of the drawingsby numeral, 1 represents a metallic tube provided at one of its sides with a suitable handle 2. One end of the said tube is designed to be attached to a i The circular cutting suitable cotton conveying tube leading to the suction chamber of the cotton picking machine. The free end of the tube has securely bolted thereto a head or chamber 3, the opposite end of which forms the entrance to the suction cup and provided with a peripheral, outwardly extending flanged portion 4 which is provided with screw receiving apertures. semicircular knives 5, having elongated slots therein, are adapted, when placed together, to have a diameter equal to the diameter of the flange 4. Screws 8 are passed through the slots in the knives and engage the threaded holes in the flange and serve to securely hold the knives 1n proper position upon the device. a

From the foregoing description, the operation of the invention will be readily understood a edge of the plate 5, which extends entirely around the entrance to the cup, serves as a means whereby the operator, in picking the cotton, can, after the cup is placed overa cotton boll, cut the boll from the stem is imparting 'a lateral movement to the head? Having thus described what I claim to be cure by Letters Patent is: a

A suction cup for cotton picking .machines havin a flange about one end thereof, semicircu ar knives having cutting ed es upon their inner peripheries, and provi ed with slots, screws passing through said slots and apertures in the flanges, the cutting edges of the blades being flush with the face of said flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my siature in presence of two witnesses.

my invention,

new and desire to 

